Libanophlebotomus

Libanophlebotomus is a genus of fossil sand fly in the subfamily Phlebotominae.[2]

Libanophlebotomus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Psychodoidea
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Phlebotominae
Genus: Libanophlebotomus
Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]
Type species
Libanophlebotomus lutfallahi
Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]

Fossils are only found in Lebanese amber, collected from Mdeyrij-Hammana, Casa Baabda in Lebanon (Azar collection)[1]

Species

  • Libanophlebotomus lutfallahi Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]

References

  1. "†Libanophlebotomus Azar et al. 1999 (sand fly)". Fossilworks.
  2. Azar, D.; Nel, A.; Solignac, M.; Paicheler, J.-C.; Bouchet, F. (1999). "New genera and species of psychodoid flies from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon". Palaeontology. 42 (6): 1101–1136. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00112. S2CID 84535813.
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